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"Pope apologizes for theft of Pachamama, says she could be back Sunday"
"ROME - It’s become the symbolically defining storyline of the 2019 Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, and on Friday the drama surrounding the 'Pachamama,' the indigenous statuettes of a naked pregnant woman that were stolen from a Rome church and tossed into the Tiber River, took yet another turn with an unexpected papal apology.
As he opened the afternoon session of the Oct. 6-27 synod Friday, Pope Francis addressed the theft of the statues on Oct. 21.
Saying he was speaking as the 'Bishop of Rome,' meaning the head of the local church in the Eternal City, Francis requested 'pardon' from anyone who was offended by the theft of the statues and their being thrown into the river...
Francis also added that Roman law enforcement officials have recovered the discarded statues and are holding them for the moment at a police station.
Friday’s apology caps what has been a month-long drama surrounding the statues, which first made an appearance during an Oct. 4 indigenous prayer service staged in the Vatican gardens in the presence of the pope...
In the meantime, after the images were carried during the synod’s opening procession Oct. 6 from St. Peter’s Basilica to the Vatican’s Synod Hall, they were displayed in the Traspontina church, where some bishops taking part in the summit have been conducting liturgies after the synod’s daily work is over...
Pope Francis told members of the Synod of Bishops that the commander of the Italian military police, who have the statues, suggested they could be displayed during the closing Mass on Sunday, and that he’s asked the Vatican’s Secretary of State to respond."
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